Blog Tour (Book Review): The Last Empath of Doctsland – Leah Putz

On Feb 25, 2021 By Rowena AndrewsIn Fantasy, Indie, Review1 Comment

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Today is my stop on the blog tour for ‘The Last Empath of Doctsland’ by Leah Putz, organised by Damppebbles Blog Tours. It was a pleasure to read this fantasy debut, and I hope that you will check out the other blogs on the tour (see the banner below) as well as the book and author.

Disclaimer: ‘I was given a copy this book in exchange for an honest review.’

Book Summary:

A kingdom in danger. A royal family divided by greed. A warrior combining strength with magic.

Lisalya Manyeo is the only known empath left in the small seafaring country of Doctsland, so when they are threatened by their much stronger neighbor, Prince Viktor recruits her help. On their way, he trains her to fight.

Working together despite their very obvious differences, they go behind enemy lines to stir up a rebellion against his step-brother’s tyrannical rule. After initial success in recruiting people to join them, they are captured. Lisalya is gravely injured during interrogation, but Viktor nurses her back to life.

A final battle will determine who will rule, but sacrifices have to be made to defeat the enemy.

Will Lisalya and Viktor be able to overcome the odds stacked against them to save their country from certain destruction?

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Book Blitz (Spotlight): A Sea of Pearls & Leaves – Rosalyn Briar

On Feb 12, 2021 By Rowena AndrewsIn Book Spotlights, Fantasy, Indie1 Comment

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Today I am delighted to be part of the Storytellers on Tour Bookl Blitz for ‘A Sea of Peals & Leaves’ by Rosalyn Briar. I will be reviewing the book later this week, as unfortunately I have been unwell the last few days and I am a little behind and I want to do the book justice rather than cobbling together a hasty review. So here is a spotlight and a chance (US only) to win yourself a copy of this beautiful book (just look at that cover!).

Book Summary:

Princess Ingrid of Norella Isle does not want to get married. So, her priestess girlfriend, Lilura, devises a wicked plot to deter suitors with a nearly impossible marriage contract: should Ingrid die first, her husband must be buried at sea beside her.

The plan backfires when all seven suitors agree, and the king announces a competition for Ingrid’s hand. Ingrid must keep her head above water as she deals with the suitors, a jealous girlfriend, and the news of two murdered priestesses.

As the suitors are eliminated, one man stands out: the quirky and anxious Prince Soren who charms both Ingrid and Lilura.

When Lilura goes missing, Ingrid and Soren must piece together who has murdered the priestesses and why before it’s too late.

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Cover Reveal: The Place Below (Maer Cycle #3) – Dan Fitzgerald

On Feb 4, 2021 By Rowena AndrewsIn Cover Reveal, Fantasy, IndieLeave a comment

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Today I am delighted to be part of the Storytellers on Tour Cover Reveal Blitz for ‘The Place Below’ the third book in the Maer Cycle series by Dan Fitzgerald, which is due to be released by Shadow Spark Publishing on March 4th 2021. I’ve just picked up the first two in the trilogy, so I am looking forward to this one being released!

Book Summary:

It’s been twenty-five years since the Battle for the Archive. Peace reigns over the Silver Hills, and humans and Maer are preparing to sign their first trade agreement. Even warring tribes of the Free Maer have set aside old quarrels.

Sasha is a young scholar of mixed Maer and human parentage, traveling throughout the Maer lands collecting stories of the Ka-lar, the buried Forever Kings. She finds a reference in the Archive to a Ka-lar named Kuun, a scholar in life, who was laid down in an ancient brightstone mine, beneath a mountain said to be the home of the fabled Skin Maer. The lure of the tale is too strong to resist. Joined by some old friends, Sasha sets out to uncover secrets that have lain buried for over a thousand years.

In The Place Below, the Maer Cycle comes to a close as the darkest mysteries of the Maer are at last brought into the light.

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Blog Tour (Book Review): Alex Cohen Series Books 1-3 – Leopold Borstinski

On Jan 11, 2021 By Rowena AndrewsIn Historical, Indie, Noir, Review2 Comments

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Today I am delighted to be helping to kick off the first day of the blog tour for the release of the box-set for the Alex Cohen Series books 1-3 by Leopold Borstinski organised by Damppebbles Blog Tours. I thoroughly enjoyed the second and third books in the series, and you will find those reviews below as well, and I was glad for the opportunity and motivation to go back and read the first book in the series in The Bowery Slugger. I hope that you will check out the author and this fantastic series, as well as the rest of the wonderful bloggers participating in this tour.

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